Atul Gupta
@gupta_atulk
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Assistant Professor, @Wharton. @PennLDI fellow, Faculty Research Fellow @nberpubs @Stanford Econ alum, @IIMAhmedabad alum
Joined November 2019
Great to see this is finally out in print!
Whistleblowers are a highly cost-effective way at stopping fraud in public programs. In the September issue, "Can Whistleblowers Root Out Public Expenditure Fraud? Evidence from Medicare" by Jetson Leder-Luis @jetson_econ
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1. Both nonprofit and for-profit hospitals siphoned Medicare $; FPs much more likely to do it 2. FPs did not use the $ on patient care, directing much of it to executives/shareholders 3. NPs spent a majority of the $$ on op ex, and improved mortality rates
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Excited that this paper with @asacarny and @ambarlaforgia is forthcoming in AEJ Applied! Thanks to my coauthors for a fun journey learning so much about hospital gaming (fraud?) and how they use windfall $ We leverage one of the largest Medicare scandals ($3 bn!) to show:
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare" by Atul Gupta, Ambar La Forgia, and Adam Sacarny.
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Today, in things that everybody knows but still bear repeating: *the effect of repealing rent control laws on the supply of apartments in Buenos Aires* (from "The Impact of the Chainsaw-Liberation on the Rental Housing Market in Buenos Aires", Elfert and Thomsen, IZA DP 18107)
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Countries are like insurance pools. Young pay for the old. If there’s adequate fertility, the pool is stable. If fertility falls too much in a country, either insurance levels must fall or there will be will adverse selection & youth will flee the country. This will hasten the
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100% agree that essays should be eliminated from admissions applications
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Excellent jargon-free explainer on private equity (PE) to help understand this complex new ownership arrangement and concern for healthcare policymakers
My latest for BI. As the private equity industry eyes a spot in Americans' 401(k)s, it seemed a good time to ask – how has that worked out for pension plans? This video dives into the surprisingly complex answer. https://t.co/fYm2wmcNhR
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10 days to go! Deadline is September 1, 2025. Decisions by September 15.
Exciting opportunity for health economists! If you have a compelling paper draft with global policy implications, consider submitting it to the 9th Annual Caribbean Health Economics Symposium (CHES) taking place from December 12-14, 2025, in the British Virgin Islands. Deadline
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This figure summarizes so many things that went wrong in the US between 1990 and 2024
This is nuts. In 1990 healthcare wasn’t the top employer in any state In 2024 it’s the top employer in 39 states We are the united states of healthcare
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NIHCM's latest Research Insights examines how cost and quality are affected by the corporatization of independent hospitals. Read the exclusive interview with the #NIHCM Research Award Winners today: https://t.co/UpofOQzo6n
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The one and only platform that the America Party could run on to overcome the hurdles of a 3rd party: release the list.
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Hospitals, pharma, doctors, medical devices, health insurers, PBMs — the entire health care industry has crushed working households through higher prices and out-of-pocket spending, to the point that health care is a bigger expense than a mortgage. https://t.co/ZkeumZuffO
For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us. https://t.co/ZlO1q6sSJi
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Great story/charts from @lydiadepillis @christinezhang on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking.
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Thrilled and honored that NIHCM chose our paper for the prestigious research award this year. Still can't believe it! In case you are curious about the effects of hospital "corporatization", here is a nice summary in our own words. @NIHCMfoundation
A new & exclusive interview with the winners of #NIHCM's 2025 Research Award on the corporatization of independent hospitals. Read the Research Insights for more: https://t.co/UpofOQzo6n
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🎉Congratulations! LDI Senior Fellow Aaron Schwartz has won the 2025 @AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award. The award will be presented June 9 at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Read more: #ARM25 #LDIatARM25
https://t.co/ysB92EYzRc
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AcademyHealth Honor Recognizes Early Career Researchers of Exceptional Potential
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Thrilled that our paper on the corporatization of independent hospitals has been selected as the winner of this year's award! Thanks to @NIHCMfoundation! This 1-pager in the Wharton magazine summarizes the key findings:
magazine.wharton.upenn.edu
New research illustrates what happens to health-care costs and care quality when independent hospitals are bought by systems.
Congratulate the winners of the #NIHCM 2025 Research Award: "The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals" published in the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics. Learn more here: https://t.co/wSmgekCpu4
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Thanks, @PennLDI !!!
Big congratulations to @gupta_atulk and co-authors on being named a 2025 Research Award Finalist! Their paper on The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals (JPE Micro) explores one of the most pressing issues in U.S. health care. Well deserved! https://t.co/c96OypAHfi
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